Geforce driver issue

bonzodog2 · 23-01-2018 09:26PM #1

I recently received a GTX960 for one of my Folding@Home rigs (a..k.a. my heating in the colder months). Its on a board with a Q6600 running Win7x64. Works but only @VGA res,not detected by F@H client for CUDA. DeviceManager tells me its VID 10DE PID 1409, "Standard VGA graphics adapter"
pcidatabase.com seems to have disappeared :mad: but another site gives me

1401 GM206 [GeForce GTX 960]
1402 GM206 [GeForce GTX 950]
1406 GM206 [GeForce GTX 960 OEM]
1407 GM206 [GeForce GTX 750 v2]

as the closest PIDs
I have tried the correct and most recent driver from Nvidia site, but it says "No compatible hardware found"

GPU-Z knows its a nvidia, but no more

On boot, it shows GTX960 and some other text before the main BIOS

Might it be a power issue? I have a Y connector going to 2 Molex powering the card by 6pin plug. There's only 1 IDE HDD, and it has a 500W PSU.

Any suggestions please!

TerrorFirmer · 23-01-2018 11:41PM

Is it possibly one of those counterfeit Chinese cards? Common on Ebay, cheap crap cards flashed with custom roms to make them 'look' like other cards.

bonzodog2 · 24-01-2018 12:26AM

Looks like it is. Feckers. Here's the listing
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/GTX960-4GB-GDDR5-128Bit-PCI-Express-Game-Video-Card-Graphics-for-GeForce/253271032153?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

has different output ports to some images I found just now, ie just VGA/DVI/HDMI, others had DVI/DP/3xHDMI

TerrorFirmer · 24-01-2018 12:38AM

Yep, fake. They're usually based around really old chips like GT240 or similar, eg effectively useless.

K.O.Kiki · 24-01-2018 01:14AM

bonzodog2 · 24-01-2018 02:05AM

Does GPU-Z's results depend on having the right driver? The seller had a GPU-Z pic in his listing, it didn't match mine. Couldn't read the included driver disk either.

K.O.Kiki · 24-01-2018 03:36AM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Does GPU-Z's results depend on having the right driver? The seller had a GPU-Z pic in his listing, it didn't match mine. Couldn't read the included driver disk either.

Just try to get your money back tbh.

TerrorFirmer · 24-01-2018 09:42AM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Does GPU-Z's results depend on having the right driver? The seller had a GPU-Z pic in his listing, it didn't match mine. Couldn't read the included driver disk either.

It is 100% a fake card. GPU-Z will tell you it's a GTX 'whatever' but the actual chip it's based on should be accurate I think.

Just file a claim on paypal.

-l-Z3k3-l- · 24-01-2018 10:06AM

File a claim and report the seller
Then go on a crusade and find all the other guys selling those fake cards and report them

Man I would be pissed...but at least you have PayPal protection

bonzodog2 · 26-01-2018 10:46AM

Full refund after I refused an offer of a 35% refund. Yay.

TerrorFirmer · 26-01-2018 11:03AM

The scam has been going on for years, I'd say Ebay/Paypal are well used to it!

Geforce driver issue

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